The Great Supermarket Thread.

JONJO THE MISER

So what supermarket do ye guys shop in?
Me personally i shop in lidl, Aldi, Dunne's and recently Supervalue as they have some good deals,i avoid Tesco at all costs.

Run_to_da_hills

Tesco e10 Meal for two inc bottle of wine kicks

PirateShampoo

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

So what supermarket do ye guys shop in?
Me personally i shop in lidl, Aldi, Dunne's and recently Supervalue as they have some good deals,i avoid Tesco at all costs.

Well thats a straight out lie, uve said in other posts you have shopped in Tesco and that you love Tiger bread.

jd007

Dunnes most of the time.

LFC5Times

Tesco - only because it's closest to me.

jam_mac_jam

Lidl and Superquinn, I hate Tesco, ****e selection.

LFC5Times

You should do a poll - people are to pick the supermarket they shop the most in!

starbelgrade

Tescos. I live near the border & they've dropped their prices in all the border counties quite significantly over the last year in order to compete with cross border shopping.

There's a Lidl & Dunnes here too, but both of them carry a fairly limited range of stock, so I don't bother using them unless I need a cheap block of parmesan & a massive bag of pistachios from Lidl.

Most of my veg, I get from the back garden & I get all my meat from the local butcher who is excellent.

PrettyBoy

Tesco - only the finest.

PrettyBoy

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

i avoid Tesco at all costs.

LIE

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I met my ex in the Tesco Value section of said supermarket

JONJO THE MISER

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Well thats a straight out lie, uve said in other posts you have shopped in Tesco and that you love Tiger bread.

Yes sorry you are right i have shoped in Tesco before but i despise the place and have not gone in months and avoid unless they have a really good offer on.

walshb

Anywhere but Lidl and Aldi; there is just something about both that give me the absolute 'willies'

Is it the people, the products, the lack of staff to query etc. I don't know. I have tried several
times to shop in these places and each time I walked out empty handed. Never again!

I will stick with Dunnes mostly. Customer service and all around better display and choice.

Aidric

Dunnes for the Mon-Fri shop. I'll usually visit the local market on a Saturday for some nice fresh produce and make an effort with the cooking on the weekend.

PirateShampoo

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Well thats a straight out lie, uve said in other posts you have shopped in Tesco and that you love Tiger bread.

BUSTED !!!

PirateShampoo

Whats wrong with you people? You would swear there is a recession on!

I only shop at Marks and Spencer's.

JONJO THE MISER

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I only shop at Marks and Spencer's.[/QUOTE]

I go in there the odd time for the nice choc doughnuts::).

Swampy

Great supermarket thread??????

Means to be seen, however indeed I shop in tesco, only because it's local.

A local shop for local people.

I can I can't?

Odats

Mostly the local Supervalu but sometimes Tesco.

goat2

i shop in supervalu
i buy meat local, as it is local suppliers

PirateShampoo

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I go in there the odd time for the nice choc doughnuts::).

They do a nice meal deal, and there apple and pork sausages are yummy.

celtic Liger

i try to support my local village mostly, not my local multinational.

farmers markets when possible and or the the food co op in dublin city centre.

JONJO THE MISER

Supervalue do some really good deals the last few months.

PirateShampoo

celtic Liger wrote: »

i try to support my local village mostly, not my local multinational.

farmers markets when possible and or the the food co op in dublin city centre.

I would support my local farmers market, but they had the bright idea of holding it on a Friday between 10 and 2.

Bonito

I was in Tesco last week getting some bits and bobs. Had to get some bin bags. Pack of 10 €2.04. Pack of 20 €1.00. Same brand. Gotta keep the eyes peeled. :cool:

Cheap Thrills!

Spar, can't endure Supermarkets.

I'm more impatient than fussy and Supermarkets are full of irritating slow people. And they are boring and have too much stuff. It confuses me and erodes my will to live.

Besides you do the Supermarket shopping, carry it all home and then the food runs out and you're expected to do it all over again....next week...ad infinitum until you're dead!!!

NO !!!!

PirateShampoo

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Spar, can't endure Supermarkets.

You feed your self full time on food uve bought from Spar?

Cheap Thrills!

PirateShampoo wrote: »

You feed your self full time on food uve bought from Spar?

Yes. I also do not cook!

Its worked so far....I'm not even dead!

Jev/N

Superquinn, M&S, Aldi, Lidl

edit: Spar is a joke altogether, it was more expensive than even Centra on most things, especially on milk

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Think Dunnes is the best price and looks wise, there's something about Tesco I really don't like.
Aldi is good for nuts and crisps and bars and that sorta shít

Bazzy

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Yes sorry you are right i have shoped in Tesco before but i despise the place and have not gone in months and avoid unless they have a really good offer on.

Can just see Tom Cruise Screaming "You can't handle the truth"

Fago!

Eurospar FTW

moonflower

Aldi, Tesco and M&S are my favourites. Aldi for good quality cheap food, Tesco for the wide variety and M&S for when I want a bit of a treat.
I can't stand Dunnes or Supervalu, they have rubbish selection and are usually very expensive. Lidl is alright but it's as far away as Tesco is and I usually choose Tesco over Lidl.
I usually end up shopping in Aldi or Dunnes as they're the closest, I try to get as much in Aldi as I can and only use Dunnes for products I can't get there.

starbelgrade

Bonito wrote: »

I was in Tesco last week getting some bits and bobs. Had to get some bin bags. Pack of 10 €2.04. Pack of 20 €1.00. Same brand. Gotta keep the eyes peeled. :cool:

Their pricing policies seem to be set up to be deliberately misleading. I often find that the smaller sized products are cheaper eg., a 500g of basmati rice for say €3 when a 1kg pack is €6.50. I think they work on the priciple that most people would expect the kilo to be cheaper.

As you said, you gotta keep your eyes peeled.

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vodafoneproblem

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Spar, can't endure Supermarkets.

I'm more impatient than fussy and Supermarkets are full of irritating slow people. And they are boring and have too much stuff. It confuses me and erodes my will to live.

Besides you do the Supermarket shopping, carry it all home and then the food runs out and you're expected to do it all over again....next week...ad infinitum until you're dead!!!

NO !!!!

loooooooooooooooooooooooooool


Dunnes and Tesco, mainly. Sometimes Superquinn but it's not that convenient for me or I'd use it more for having the nicest atmosphere of them. Sometimes the petrol station ones like Centra or Topaz or whatever if I just need a carton of milk or bread etc. Even though they're dearer, the thought of going into a huge supermarket for just a couple of items is too much of a head-wrecker.

celtic Liger

moonflower wrote: »

Aldi for good quality cheap food

ever seen food inc? quality and cheap are two words that could never be implemented into the once sentence where food is concerned.

The_Kew_Tour

70% Tesco
20% Local shop
10% M&S

thats roughly where I buy food. Tesco cause its decent prices and and its really has pretty much all you need. M&S is very good for the little treats and stuff.

milly4ever

mainly asda cos they are the best value
dunnes sometimes as they are the closest to where i live, although you have to watch the price at the till like a hawk.
superquinn when i'm feeling rich!

not a big fan of sainsburys or tesco
hate lidl - it's even worse up north as it's not as popular so it is usually empty which is depressing!

moonflower

celtic Liger wrote: »

ever seen food inc? quality and cheap are two words that could never be implemented into the once sentence where food is concerned.

Yes, and I don't mean their super cheap food, I like their premium products, they're much cheaper and better than similar products in other supermarkets. Stuff like parma ham, their organically farmed smoked salmon, all of their specially selected range is good.

we'llallhavetea_old

i shop mainly in dunnes.

sometimes have to go elsewhere for nice hang for the childs hang sangwiches.

if i'm poverty stricken i'll head to lidl and try and get whatever i can, cleaning stuff, milk etc.

Novella

Tesco online!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Novella wrote: »

Tesco online!

Lazy! :mad:
:pac:
Seriously, I can't order a chinese on my own cos I feel so lazy, dont think I could do the groceries...

Do they not give you all the scabby fruit?

starbelgrade

Jace Fluffy Rack wrote: »

Lazy! :mad:
:pac:
Seriously, I can't order a chinese on my own cos I feel so lazy, dont think I could do the groceries...

Do they not give you all the scabby fruit?

Did you mention scabby fruit? .... http://www.hecklerspray.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/biggins.jpg

OPENROAD

M&S and Tesco.

Really wished we had a Waitrose here though.

Novella

Jace Fluffy Rack wrote: »

Lazy! :mad:
:pac:
Seriously, I can't order a chinese on my own cos I feel so lazy, dont think I could do the groceries...

Do they not give you all the scabby fruit?

Naw, I've never had any problems! They substitute items if they don't have what you wanted and usually it's fine, and if you're not happy you can just say so and the driver will give you the money for whatever they didn't have.

yerayeah

I go to Tesco express for day to day things because it's just up the road and I go to Daddy Tesco every week or so as it's only a 5 minute drive away. I really should get a Tesco club card!

starbelgrade

yerayeah wrote: »

I go to Tesco express for day to day things because it's just up the road and I go to Daddy Tesco every week or so as it's only a 5 minute drive away. I really should get a Tesco club card!

Those cards are worthile getting - if you can deal with the "Big Brother is watching my shopping habits" paranoia (!) - we get vouchers once a month or so for around a tenner off a shopping trip.

milly4ever

OPENROAD wrote: »

Really wished we had a Waitrose here though.

i thought superquinn was the irish version?

OPENROAD

milly4ever wrote: »

i thought superquinn was the irish version?

Supposed to be, think Waitrose is much better imo.

Gunsfortoys

Aldi mostly with a little tesco for flavour. Soon to be Lidl and superquinn though.

m@cc@

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Yes sorry you are right i have shoped in Tesco before but i despise the place and have not gone in months and avoid unless they have a really good offer on.

Why do you despise a supermarket? Good to see that your hatred isn't fickle though.

DazMarz

Dunnes myself... Local and handy and has everything I need, so I'm happy.